Mistah F.A.B.‘s contributions to Hip Hop culture have been honored by the city of Oakland as he has now been given a key to the city.
On Tuesday (March 19), the Bay Area rap veteran shared the news with his fans and followers on Instagram with a photograph of him holding the item commemorating his place in the region’s music circuit.
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“I really have a KEY TO THE CITY,” he wrote in the caption. “Living in real time sometimes you don’t get a chance to reflect on your accomplishments. But I took a second this morning to say, Good job Stanley ( @larryjunetfm voice) I’m PROUD OF ME.”
Check out the post below:
In September 2023, the Bay Area veteran shared that he had lost a close friend of his to suicide. Trying to make sense of his loss, he posted a clip on social media in which he reflected on what more he could’ve done to prevent her from taking her own life.
“How many of us are really listening to our friends?” he asked. “How many of us are emotionally available to even see through the smoke screens?”
In the post’s caption, the 41-year-old MC wrote: “Sometimes we can’t recognize what bad mental health looks like because some of us do a helluva job disguising it… but if you ever talk to a friend and they use Suicidal trigger words plz take them serious and take into consideration they need to be acknowledged and recognized.”
He concluded the video by saying: “Let’s just pay a little bit more attention to each other, man, and keep working, keep building. And the best ability is availability. Just try to be available to each other, man.”
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Mistah F.A.B. has also opened up about his own struggles with anxiety over the years, saying he hopes to give others the courage to seek help. In late July, the Oakland spitter sat down for what turned out to be a vulnerable and emotional interview with NBC.
The outlet spent the day with the “Summer Time” hitmaker to cover his legacy and community outreach events in honor of Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary, but F.A.B. wanted to take a moment to focus on a different topic.
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“Something I wanted to address in this interview, which I don’t think I’ve ever addressed publicly. I suffer from anxiety, like real deep anxiety,” he said tearfully. “And there are times where it feels like the world is closing in on me. The walls shut down, you get hot.
“It’s tough because it’s a multitude of things. It’s hidden depression, it’s the pressures of living up to what you’re supposed to live up to. It’s tough, man.”
